First, a Few Words...

Over the last five years, we have celebrated bars all over the country. Mostly well-established places. A hall of fame, really. This year, we're doing it differently. New places. Most less than two years old. Which is trickier than it might sound. So many bars come and go. Or are uninteresting. Or are "mixology" places that don't know what they're doing exactly. The places on this list, we vouch for. And we think they'll stick around. As always, the project is overseen by David Wondrich, Esquire's drinks correspondent and the foremost cocktail historian in the world. So, the best new bars in America, along with some humble suggestions for how to be a man — who drinks.